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Cao S, Rosenzweig I, Bilotta F, Jiang H, Xia M. Automatic detection of obstructive sleep apnea based on speech or snoring sounds: a narrative review. J Thorac Dis 2024; 16:2654-2667. [PMID: 38738242 PMCID: PMC11087644 DOI: 10.21037/jtd-24-310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
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Background and Objective Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common chronic disorder characterized by repeated breathing pauses during sleep caused by upper airway narrowing or collapse. The gold standard for OSA diagnosis is the polysomnography test, which is time consuming, expensive, and invasive. In recent years, more cost-effective approaches for OSA detection based in predictive value of speech and snoring has emerged. In this paper, we offer a comprehensive summary of current research progress on the applications of speech or snoring sounds for the automatic detection of OSA and discuss the key challenges that need to be overcome for future research into this novel approach. Methods PubMed, IEEE Xplore, and Web of Science databases were searched with related keywords. Literature published between 1989 and 2022 examining the potential of using speech or snoring sounds for automated OSA detection was reviewed. Key Content and Findings Speech and snoring sounds contain a large amount of information about OSA, and they have been extensively studied in the automatic screening of OSA. By importing features extracted from speech and snoring sounds into artificial intelligence models, clinicians can automatically screen for OSA. Features such as formant, linear prediction cepstral coefficients, mel-frequency cepstral coefficients, and artificial intelligence algorithms including support vector machines, Gaussian mixture model, and hidden Markov models have been extensively studied for the detection of OSA. Conclusions Due to the significant advantages of noninvasive, low-cost, and contactless data collection, an automatic approach based on speech or snoring sounds seems to be a promising tool for the detection of OSA.
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- Shuang Cao
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Sleep and Brain Plasticity Centre, CNS, IoPPN, King’s College London, London, UK
- Sleep Disorders Centre, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, GSTT NHS, London, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Policlinico Umberto 1 Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Bahr-Hamm K, Abriani A, Anwar AR, Ding H, Muthuraman M, Gouveris H. Using entropy of snoring, respiratory effort and electrocardiography signals during sleep for OSA detection and severity classification. Sleep Med 2023; 111:21-27. [PMID: 37714032 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2023.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/17/2023]
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STUDY OBJECTIVES Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a very prevalent disease and its diagnosis is based on polysomnography (PSG). We investigated whether snoring-sound-, very low frequency electrocardiogram (ECG-VLF)- and thoraco-abdominal effort- PSG signal entropy values could be used as surrogate markers for detection of OSA and OSA severity classification. METHODS The raw data of the snoring-, ECG- and abdominal and thoracic excursion signal recordings of two consecutive full-night PSGs of 86 consecutive patients (22 female, 53.74 ± 12.4 years) were analyzed retrospectively. Four epochs (30 s each, manually scored according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine standard) of each sleep stage (N1, N2, N3, REM, awake) were used as the ground truth. Sampling entropy (SampEn) of all the above signals was calculated and group comparisons between the OSA severity groups were performed. In total, (86x4x5 = )1720 epochs/group/night were included in the training set as an input for a support vector machine (SVM) algorithm to classify the OSA severity classes. Analyses were performed for first- and second-night PSG recordings separately. RESULTS Twenty-seven patients had mild (RDI = ≥ 5/h but <15/h), 21 patients moderate (RDI ≥15/h but <30/h) and 23 patients severe OSA (RDI ≥30/h). Fifteen patients had an RDI <5/h and were therefore considered non-OSA. Using SE on the above three PSG signal data and using a SVM pipeline, it was possible to distinguish between the four OSA severity classes. The best metric was snoring signal-SE. The area-under-the-curve (AUC) calculations showed reproducible significant results for both nights of PSG. The second night data were even more significant, with non-OSA (R) vs. light OSA (L) 0.61, R vs. moderate (M) 0.68, R vs. heavy OSA (H) 0.84, L vs. M 0.63, M vs. H 0.65 and L vs. H 0.82. The results were not confounded by age or gender. CONCLUSIONS SampEn of either snoring-, very low ECG-frequencies- or thoraco-abdominal effort signals alone may be used as a surrogate marker to diagnose OSA and even predict OSA severity. More specifically, in this exploratory study snoring signal SampEn showed the greatest predictive accuracy for OSA among the three signals. Second night data showed even more accurate results for all three parameters than first-night recordings. Therefore, technologies using only parts of the PSG signal, e.g. sound-recording devices, may be used for OSA screening and OSA severity group classification.
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- K Bahr-Hamm
- Sleep Medicine Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany.
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- Sleep Medicine Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
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- Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute - ICM, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Centre MEG-EEG, CENIR, Paris, France
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- Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute - ICM, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Centre MEG-EEG, CENIR, Paris, France
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- Neural Engineering with Signal Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (NESA-AI), Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Department of Neurology, Würzburg, Germany.
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- Sleep Medicine Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
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Association of Heart Rate Variability with Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults. Medicina (B Aires) 2023; 59:medicina59030471. [PMID: 36984472 PMCID: PMC10054532 DOI: 10.3390/medicina59030471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 02/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2023] Open
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Background and Objectives: Heart rate variability (HRV) analysis is a noninvasive method used to examine autonomic system function, and the clinical applications of HRV analysis have been well documented. The aim of this study is to investigate the association between HRV and the apnea–hypopnea index (AHI) in patients referred for polysomnography (PSG) for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) diagnosis. Materials and Methods: Patients underwent whole-night PSG. Data on nocturnal HRV and AHI were analyzed. We determined the correlation of time- and frequency-domain parameters of HRV with the AHI. Results: A total of 62 participants (50 men and 12 women) were enrolled. The mean age, body mass index (BMI), neck circumference, and AHI score of the patients were 44.4 ± 11.5 years, 28.7 ± 5.2, 40.2 ± 4.8 cm, and 32.1 ± 27.0, respectively. The log root mean square of successive differences between normal heartbeats (RMSSD) were negatively correlated with BMI (p = 0.034) and neck circumference (p = 0.003). The log absolute power of the low-frequency band over high-frequency band (LF/HF) ratio was positively correlated with the AHI (p = 0.006). A higher log LF/HF power ratio (β = 5.01, p = 0.029) and BMI (β = 2.20, p < 0.001) were associated with a higher AHI value in multiple linear regression analysis. Conclusions: A higher log LF/HF power ratio and BMI were positively and significantly associated with the AHI during whole-night PSG in adult patients.
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Chiang JK, Lin YC, Lu CM, Kao YH. Correlation between snoring sounds and obstructive sleep apnea in adults: a meta-regression analysis. Sleep Sci 2022; 15:463-470. [PMID: 36419807 PMCID: PMC9670768 DOI: 10.5935/1984-0063.20220068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 09/17/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Snoring is a dominant clinical symptom in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and analyzing snoring sounds might be a potential alternative to polysomnography (PSG) for the assessment of OSA. This study aimed to systematically examine the correlation between the snoring sounds and the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) as the measures of OSA severity. MATERIAL AND METHODS A comprehensive literature review using the MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and PubMed databases identified the published studies reporting the correlations between and severity of snoring and the AHI values by meta-regression analysis. RESULTS In total, 13 studies involving 3,153 adult patients were included in this study. The pooled correlation coefficient for snoring sounds and AHI values was 0.71 (95%CI: 0.49, 0.85) from the random-effects meta-analysis with the Knapp and Hartung adjustment. The I 2 and chi-square Q test demonstrated significant heterogeneity (97.6% and p<0.001). After adjusting for the effects of the other covariates, the mean value of the Fisher's r-to-z transformed correlation coefficient would have 0.80 less by the snoring rate (95%CI = -1.02, -0.57), 1.46 less by the snoring index (95%CI = -1.85, -1.07), and 0.21 less in the mean body mass index (95%CI = -0.31, -0.11), but 0.15 more in the mean age (95%CI = 0.10, 0.20). It fitted the data very well (R 2=0.9641). CONCLUSION A high correlation between the severity of snoring and the AHI was found in the studies with PSG. As compared to the snoring rate and the snoring index, the snoring intensity, the snoring frequency, and the snoring time interval index were more sensitive measures for the severity of snoring.
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- Jui-Kun Chiang
- Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Family Medicine - Chiayi - Taiwan
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- Nature Dental Clinic, Dental department - Puli - Taiwan
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- Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Department of Urology - Chiayi - Taiwan
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- Tainan Municipal Hospital (Managed by Show Chwan Medical Care
Corporation), Family Medicine - Tainan - Taiwan
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Jiang Y, Peng J, Song L. An OSAHS evaluation method based on multi-features acoustic analysis of snoring sounds. Sleep Med 2021; 84:317-323. [PMID: 34217922 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2020] [Revised: 03/07/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Snoring is the most direct symptom of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) and implies a lot of information about OSAHS symptoms. This paper aimed to identify OSAHS patients by analyzing acoustic features derived from overnight snoring sounds. Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients, 800 Hz power ratio, spectral entropy and other 10 acoustic features were extracted from snores, and Top-6 features were selected from the extracted 10 acoustic features by a feature selection algorithm based on random forest, then 5 kinds of machine learning models were applied to validate the effectiveness of Top-6 features on identifying OSAHS patients. The results showed that when the classification performance and computing efficiency were taken into account, the combination of logistic regression model and Top-6 features performed best and could successfully distinguish OSAHS patients from simple snorers. The proposed method provides a higher accuracy for evaluating OSAHS with lower computational complexity. The method has great potential prospect for the development of a portable sleep snore monitoring device.
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- Yanmei Jiang
- School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China.
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510120, China
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Validation of snoring detection using a smartphone app. Sleep Breath 2021; 26:81-87. [PMID: 33811634 PMCID: PMC8857100 DOI: 10.1007/s11325-021-02359-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Purpose Snoring is closely related to obstructive sleep apnea in adults. The increasing abundance and availability of smartphone technology has facilitated the examination and monitoring of snoring at home through snoring apps. However, the accuracy of snoring detection by snoring apps is unclear. This study explored the snoring detection accuracy of Snore Clock—a paid snoring detection app for smartphones. Methods Snoring rates were detected by smartphones that had been installed with the paid app Snore Clock. The app provides information on the following variables: sleep duration, snoring duration, snoring loudness (in dB), maximum snoring loudness (in dB), and snoring duration rate (%). In brief, we first reviewed the snoring rates detected by Snore Clock; thereafter, an ear, nose, and throat specialist reviewed the actual snoring rates by using the playback of the app recordings. Results In total, the 201 snoring records of 11 patients were analyzed. Snoring rates measured by Snore Clock and those measured manually were closely correlated (r = 0.907). The mean snoring detection accuracy rate of Snore Clock was 95%, with a positive predictive value, negative predictive value, sensitivity, and specificity of 65% ± 35%, 97% ± 4%, 78% ± 25%, and 97% ± 4%, respectively. However, the higher the snoring rates, the higher were the false-negative rates for the app. Conclusion Snore Clock is compatible with various brands of smartphones and has a high predictive value for snoring. Based on the strong correlation between Snore Clock and manual approaches for snoring detection, these findings have validated that Snore Clock has the capacity for at-home snoring detection.
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Luo J, Liu H, Gao X, Wang B, Zhu X, Shi Y, Hei X, Ren X. A novel deep feature transfer-based OSA detection method using sleep sound signals. Physiol Meas 2020; 41:075009. [PMID: 32559754 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6579/ab9e7b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Polysomnography is typically used to evaluate the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) but the inconvenience of application and high cost considerably affect the diagnostics. In this study, sleep sound signals are used to detect OSA in patients. APPROACH A deep feature transfer-based OSA detection approach is proposed. First, a deep convolutional neural network is trained on large-scale labeled audio data sets to distinguish respiration sounds from environmental noise. Second, the trained model is transferred to recognize respiration sounds in sleep sound signals. Third, the deep features of the detected respiration sounds are used to train a logistic regression classifier to identify OSA patients from potential patients. Polysomnography-based diagnosis is used as a reference. MAIN RESULTS A self-collected data set of 132 potential OSA patients is applied in OSA detection experiments. The OSA detection performances are tested on four models for different apnea-hypopnea index thresholds and sexes resulting in accuracies of 80.17%, 80.21%, 81.63% and 77.22%. The corresponding areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves are 0.82, 0.80, 0.81 and 0.79. In addition, the proposed method presented a significant performance improvement compared with the state-of-the-art methods. SIGNIFICANCE Big data, deep learning and transfer learning can be successfully applied to improve diagnostic accuracy in OSA detection. The performance of the proposed approach is superior to that of traditional audio analysis technology. The proposed method significantly reduces difficulties in OSA detection and diagnosis, such that potential OSA patients can perform initial inspections by themselves at home.
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- Jing Luo
- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China. Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Network Computing and Security Technology, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China. The two first authors have contributed equally to the manuscript
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A Deep Learning Model for Snoring Detection and Vibration Notification Using a Smart Wearable Gadget. ELECTRONICS 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/electronics8090987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Snoring, a form of sleep-disordered breathing, interferes with sleep quality and quantity, both for the person who snores and often for the person who sleeps with the snorer. Poor sleep caused by snoring can create significant physical, mental, and economic problems. A simple and natural solution for snoring is to sleep on the side, instead of sleeping on the back. In this project, a deep learning model for snoring detection is developed and the model is transferred to an embedded system—referred to as the listener module—to automatically detect snoring. A novel wearable gadget is developed to apply a vibration notification on the upper arm until the snorer sleeps on the side. The gadget is rechargeable, and it is wirelessly connected to the listener module using low energy Bluetooth. A smartphone app—connected to the listener module using home Wi-Fi—is developed to log the snoring events with timestamps, and the data can be transferred to a physician for treating and monitoring diseases such as sleep apnea. The snoring detection deep learning model has an accuracy of 96%. A prototype system consisting of the listener module, the wearable gadget, and a smartphone app has been developed and tested successfully.
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Akhter S, Abeyratne UR, Swarnkar V, Hukins C. Snore Sound Analysis Can Detect the Presence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Specific to NREM or REM Sleep. J Clin Sleep Med 2018; 14:991-1003. [PMID: 29852905 PMCID: PMC5991962 DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.7168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2016] [Revised: 01/31/2018] [Accepted: 03/02/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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STUDY OBJECTIVES Severities of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) estimated both for the overall sleep duration and for the time spent in rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep are important in managing the disease. The objective of this study is to investigate a method by which snore sounds can be analyzed to detect the presence of OSA in NREM and REM sleep. METHODS Using bedside microphones, snoring and breathing-related sounds were acquired from 91 patients with OSA (35 females and 56 males) undergoing routine diagnostic polysomnography studies. A previously developed automated mathematical algorithm was applied to label each snore sound as belonging to either NREM or REM sleep. The snore sounds were then used to compute a set of mathematical features characteristic to OSA and to train a logistic regression model (LRM) to classify patients into an OSA or non-OSA category in each sleep state. The performance of the LRM was estimated using a leave-one-patient-out cross-validation technique within the entire dataset. We used the polysomnography-based diagnosis as our reference method. RESULTS The models achieved 80% to 86% accuracy for detecting OSA in NREM sleep and 82% to 85% in REM sleep. When separate models were developed for females and males, the accuracy for detecting OSA in NREM sleep was 91% in females and 88% to 89% in males. Accuracy for detecting OSA in REM sleep was 88% to 91% in females and 89% to 91% in males. CONCLUSIONS Snore sounds carry sufficient information to detect the presence of OSA during NREM and REM sleep. Because the methods used include technology that is fully automated and sensors that do not have a physical connection to the patient, it has potential for OSA screening in the home environment. The accuracy of the method can be improved by developing sex-specific models.
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- Shahin Akhter
- School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Australia
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- Sleep Disorders Centre, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Australia
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Kim T, Kim JW, Lee K. Detection of sleep disordered breathing severity using acoustic biomarker and machine learning techniques. Biomed Eng Online 2018; 17:16. [PMID: 29391025 PMCID: PMC5796501 DOI: 10.1186/s12938-018-0448-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Breathing sounds during sleep are altered and characterized by various acoustic specificities in patients with sleep disordered breathing (SDB). This study aimed to identify acoustic biomarkers indicative of the severity of SDB by analyzing the breathing sounds collected from a large number of subjects during entire overnight sleep. METHODS The participants were patients who presented at a sleep center with snoring or cessation of breathing during sleep. They were subjected to full-night polysomnography (PSG) during which the breathing sound was recorded using a microphone. Then, audio features were extracted and a group of features differing significantly between different SDB severity groups was selected as a potential acoustic biomarker. To assess the validity of the acoustic biomarker, classification tasks were performed using several machine learning techniques. Based on the apnea-hypopnea index of the subjects, four-group classification and binary classification were performed. RESULTS Using tenfold cross validation, we achieved an accuracy of 88.3% in the four-group classification and an accuracy of 92.5% in the binary classification. Experimental evaluation demonstrated that the models trained on the proposed acoustic biomarkers can be used to estimate the severity of SDB. CONCLUSIONS Acoustic biomarkers may be useful to accurately predict the severity of SDB based on the patient's breathing sounds during sleep, without conducting attended full-night PSG. This study implies that any device with a microphone, such as a smartphone, could be potentially utilized outside specialized facilities as a screening tool for detecting SDB.
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- Taehoon Kim
- Music and Audio Research Group, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Gumi-ro, Seongnam, 13620 Republic of Korea
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- Music and Audio Research Group, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
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Guo J, Qian K, Zhang G, Xu H, Schuller B. Accelerating Biomedical Signal Processing Using GPU: A Case Study of Snore Sound Feature Extraction. Interdiscip Sci 2017; 9:550-555. [PMID: 28948531 DOI: 10.1007/s12539-017-0232-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2016] [Revised: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 04/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The advent of 'Big Data' and 'Deep Learning' offers both, a great challenge and a huge opportunity for personalised health-care. In machine learning-based biomedical data analysis, feature extraction is a key step for 'feeding' the subsequent classifiers. With increasing numbers of biomedical data, extracting features from these 'big' data is an intensive and time-consuming task. In this case study, we employ a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) via Python to extract features from a large corpus of snore sound data. Those features can subsequently be imported into many well-known deep learning training frameworks without any format processing. The snore sound data were collected from several hospitals (20 subjects, with 770-990 MB per subject - in total 17.20 GB). Experimental results show that our GPU-based processing significantly speeds up the feature extraction phase, by up to seven times, as compared to the previous CPU system.
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- Jian Guo
- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science Technology, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, MISP group, MMK Technische University Munchen, Munich, Germany
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science Technology, Nanjing, China.
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Beijing Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Bjorn Schuller Department of Computing, Machine Learning Group Imperial College London, London, UK
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Mlynczak M, Migacz E, Migacz M, Kukwa W. Detecting Breathing and Snoring Episodes Using a Wireless Tracheal Sensor-A Feasibility Study. IEEE J Biomed Health Inform 2016; 21:1504-1510. [PMID: 27913363 DOI: 10.1109/jbhi.2016.2632976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Sleep-disordered breathing is both a clinical and a social problem. This implies the need for convenient solutions to simplify screening and diagnosis. The aim of the study was to investigate the sensitivity and specificity of a novel wireless system in detecting breathing and snoring episodes during sleep. METHODS A wireless acoustic sensor was elaborated and implemented. Segmentation (based on spectral thresholding and heuristics) and classification of all breathing episodes during recording were implemented through a mobile application. The system was evaluated on 1520 manually labeled episodes registered from 40 real-world, whole-night recordings of 16 generally healthy subjects. RESULTS The differentiation between normal breathing and snoring had 88.8% accuracy. As the system is intended for screening, high specificity of 95% is reported. CONCLUSION The system is a compromise between nonmedical phone applications and medical sleep studies. The presented approach enables the study to be repetitive, personal, and inexpensive. It has additional value in the form of well-recorded data which are reliable and comparable. SIGNIFICANCE The system opens unexplored possibilities in sleep monitoring and study enabling a multinight recording strategy involving the collection and analysis of abundant data from thousands of people.
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Alakuijala A, Salmi T. Predicting Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Periodic Snoring Sound Recorded at Home. J Clin Sleep Med 2016; 12:953-8. [PMID: 27092701 DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.5922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2015] [Accepted: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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STUDY OBJECTIVES The cost-effectiveness of diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) could be improved by using a preliminary screening method among subjects with no suspicion of other sleep disorders. We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of periodic snoring sound recorded at home. METHODS We included 211 subjects, aged 18-83 (130 men), who were referred to our laboratory for suspicion of OSA, and had a technically successful overnight polygraphy, measured with the Nox T3 Sleep Monitor (Nox Medical, Iceland) with a built-in microphone. We analyzed the percentage of periodic snoring during the home sleep apnea study. RESULTS Apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) ranged from 0.1 to 116 events/h and the percentage of periodic snoring from 1% to 97%. We found a strong positive correlation (r = 0.727, p < 0.001) between periodic snoring and AHI. The correlation was slightly stronger among female, younger, and obese subjects. The best threshold value of the periodic snoring for predicting an AHI > 15 events/h with as high sensitivity as possible was found to be 15%. There, sensitivity was 93.3%, specificity 35.1%, and negative predictive value 75.0%. CONCLUSIONS According to our results, it is possible to set a periodic snoring threshold (15% or more) for the subject to advance to further sleep studies. Together with medical history and prior to more expensive studies, measuring periodic snoring at home is a simple and useful method for predicting the probability of OSA, in particular among women who are often unaware of their apnea-related snoring.
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- Anniina Alakuijala
- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, HUS Medical Imaging Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland.,Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, HUS Medical Imaging Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland.,Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Jin H, Lee LA, Song L, Li Y, Peng J, Zhong N, Li HY, Zhang X. Acoustic Analysis of Snoring in the Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: A Call for More Rigorous Studies. J Clin Sleep Med 2015; 11:765-71. [PMID: 25766705 DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.4856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2014] [Accepted: 02/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Snoring is a common symptom of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) and has recently been considered for diagnosis of OSA. OBJECTIVES The goal of the current study was to systematically determine the accuracy of acoustic analysis of snoring in the diagnosis of OSA using a meta-analysis. METHODS PubMed, Cochrane Library database, and EMBASE were searched up to July 15, 2014. A systematic review and meta-analysis of sensitivity, specificity, and other measures of accuracy of acoustic analysis of snoring in the diagnosis of OSA were conducted. The median of apneahypopnea index threshold was 10 events/h, range: 5-15 or 10-15 if aforementioned suggestion is adopted. RESULTS A total of seven studies with 273 patients were included in the meta-analysis. The pooled estimates were as follows: sensitivity, 88% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 82-93%); specificity, 81% (95% CI: 72-88%); positive likelihood ratio (PLR), 4.44 (95% CI: 2.39-8.27); negative likelihood ratio (NLR), 0.15 (95% CI: 0.10-0.24); and diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), 32.18 (95% CI: 13.96-74.81). χ(2) values of sensitivity, specificity, PLR, NLR, and DOR were 2.37, 10.39, 12.57, 3.79, and 6.91 respectively (All p > 0.05). The area under the summary receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.93. Sensitivity analysis demonstrated that the pooled estimates were stable and reliable. The results of publication bias were not significant (p = 0.30). CONCLUSIONS Acoustic analysis of snoring is a relatively accurate but not a strong method for diagnosing OSA. There is an urgent need for rigorous studies involving large samples and single snore event tests with an efficacy criterion that reflects the particular features of snoring acoustics for OSA diagnosis.
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- Hui Jin
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Sleep Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Physics, School of Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Sleep Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Qian K, Guo J, Xu H, Zhu Z, Zhang G. Snore related signals processing in a private cloud computing system. Interdiscip Sci 2014; 6:216-21. [PMID: 25205499 DOI: 10.1007/s12539-013-0203-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Revised: 10/07/2013] [Accepted: 02/09/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Snore related signals (SRS) have been demonstrated to carry important information about the obstruction site and degree in the upper airway of Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome (OSAHS) patients in recent years. To make this acoustic signal analysis method more accurate and robust, big SRS data processing is inevitable. As an emerging concept and technology, cloud computing has motivated numerous researchers and engineers to exploit applications both in academic and industry field, which could have an ability to implement a huge blue print in biomedical engineering. Considering the security and transferring requirement of biomedical data, we designed a system based on private cloud computing to process SRS. Then we set the comparable experiments of processing a 5-hour audio recording of an OSAHS patient by a personal computer, a server and a private cloud computing system to demonstrate the efficiency of the infrastructure we proposed.
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- Kun Qian
- School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China,
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Xu H, Song W, Yi H, Hou L, Zhang C, Chen B, Chen Y, Yin S. Nocturnal snoring sound analysis in the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in the Chinese Han population. Sleep Breath 2014; 19:599-605. [PMID: 25201558 DOI: 10.1007/s11325-014-1055-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2014] [Revised: 08/07/2014] [Accepted: 08/26/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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PURPOSE Loud snoring is one of the principle symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Snoring sound analysis is a potentially cost-effective, reliable alternative for the diagnosis of OSA. However, no investigation has determined the accuracy of snoring signal analysis for the diagnosis of OSA in the Chinese Han population. Therefore, we investigated whether whole-night snoring detection and analysis aids the diagnosis of OSA using a new snore analysis technique. METHODS Snoring sounds were recorded using a non-contact microphone and polysomnography (PSG) was performed simultaneously throughout the night. We randomly selected 30 subjects each from four groups based on the severity of OSA. The rhythm and frequency domain of the snoring signal were analyzed based on frequency energy endpoint detection (FEP) and the Earth mover's distance (EMD), for each subject to harvest the EMD-calculated Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHIEMD). Finally, we compared the AHIEMD with the PSG-monitored AHI (AHIPSG). RESULTS The accuracy of the AHIEMD compared with the AHIPSG was 96.7, 86.7, 86.7, and 96.7% in non-, mild, moderate, and severe OSA patients, respectively. AHIEMD was correlated with AHIPSG (r(2) = 0.950, p < 0.001). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve values for OSA detection was 0.974, 0.957, and 0.997 for AHIEMD thresholds of 5, 15, and 30 events/h, respectively. Bland-Altman analysis revealed 91.7% agreement of AHIEMD with AHIPSG. CONCLUSIONS This new method for identifying OSA by analyzing snoring is feasible and reliable in the Han population. The snoring sound-based technique appears to be a promising tool for OSA screening and diagnosis.
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- Huajun Xu
- Department of Otolaryngology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, 600 Yishan Road, Shanghai, 200233, China
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Deary V, Ellis JG, Wilson JA, Coulter C, Barclay NL. Simple snoring: not quite so simple after all? Sleep Med Rev 2014; 18:453-62. [PMID: 24888523 DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2014.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2013] [Revised: 03/07/2014] [Accepted: 04/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Simple snoring (SS), in the absence of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), is a common problem, yet our understanding of its causes and consequences is incomplete. Our understanding is blurred by the lack of consistency in the definition of snoring, methods of assessment, and degree of concomitant complaints. Further, it remains contentious whether SS is independently associated with daytime sleepiness, or adverse health outcomes including cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome. Regardless of this lack of clarity, it is likely that SS exists on one end of a continuum, with OSA at its polar end. This possibility highlights the necessity of considering an otherwise 'annoying' complaint, as a serious risk factor for the development and progression of sleep apnoea, and consequent poor health outcomes. In this review, we: 1) highlight variation in prevalence estimates of snoring; 2) review the literature surrounding the distinctions between SS, upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS) and OSA; 3) present the risk factors for SS, in as far as it is distinguishable from UARS and OSA; and 4) describe common correlates of snoring, including cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, and daytime sleepiness.
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- Vincent Deary
- Northumbria Centre for Sleep Research, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Northumbria Centre for Sleep Research, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Newcastle University, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Northumbria Centre for Sleep Research, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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Nakano H, Hirayama K, Sadamitsu Y, Toshimitsu A, Fujita H, Shin S, Tanigawa T. Monitoring sound to quantify snoring and sleep apnea severity using a smartphone: proof of concept. J Clin Sleep Med 2014; 10:73-8. [PMID: 24426823 DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.3364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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STUDY OBJECTIVES Habitual snoring is a prevalent condition that is not only a marker of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) but can also lead to vascular risk. However, it is not easy to check snoring status at home. We attempted to develop a snoring sound monitor consisting of a smartphone alone, which is aimed to quantify snoring and OSA severity. METHODS The subjects included 50 patients who underwent diagnostic polysomnography (PSG), of which the data of 10 patients were used for developing the program and that of 40 patients were used for validating the program. A smartphone was attached to the anterior chest wall over the sternum. It acquired ambient sound from the built-in microphone and analyzed it using a fast Fourier transform on a real-time basis. RESULTS Snoring time measured by the smartphone highly correlated with snoring time measured by PSG (r = 0.93). The top 1 percentile value of sound pressure level (L1) determined by the smartphone correlated with the ambient sound L1 during sleep determined by PSG (r = 0.92). Moreover, the respiratory disturbance index estimated by the smartphone (smart-RDI) highly correlated with the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) obtained by PSG (r = 0.94). The diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of the smart-RDI for diagnosing OSA (AHI ≥ 15) were 0.70 and 0.94, respectively. CONCLUSIONS A smartphone can be used for effectively monitoring snoring and OSA in a controlled laboratory setting. Use of this technology in a noisy home environment remains unproven, and further investigation is needed.
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- Hiroshi Nakano
- Sleep Disorders Center, Fukuoka National Hospital, Fukuoka City, Japan
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- Sleep Disorders Center, Fukuoka National Hospital, Fukuoka City, Japan
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- Sleep Disorders Center, Fukuoka National Hospital, Fukuoka City, Japan
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- Sleep Disorders Center, Fukuoka National Hospital, Fukuoka City, Japan
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- Sleep Disorders Center, Fukuoka National Hospital, Fukuoka City, Japan
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- Sleep Disorders Center, Fukuoka National Hospital, Fukuoka City, Japan
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- Department of Public Health, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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Lee LA, Yu JF, Lo YL, Chen YS, Wang DL, Cho CM, Ni YL, Chen NH, Fang TJ, Huang CG, Li HY. Energy types of snoring sounds in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: a preliminary observation. PLoS One 2012; 7:e53481. [PMID: 23300931 PMCID: PMC3534069 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2012] [Accepted: 11/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Annoying snore is the principle symptom and problem in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). However, investigation has been hampered by the complex snoring sound analyses. Objective This study was aimed to investigate the energy types of the full-night snoring sounds in patients with OSAS. Patients and Method Twenty male OSAS patients underwent snoring sound recording throughout 6 hours of in-lab overnight polysomnogragphy. Snoring sounds were processed and analyzed by a new sound analytic program, named as Snore Map®. We transformed the 6-hour snoring sound power spectra into the energy spectrum and classified it as snore map type 1 (monosyllabic low-frequency snore), type 2 (duplex low-&mid-frequency snore), type 3 (duplex low- & high-frequency snore), and type 4 (triplex low-, mid-, & high-frequency snore). The interrator and test-retest reliabilities of snore map typing were assessed. The snore map types and their associations among demographic data, subjective snoring questionnaires, and polysomnographic parameters were explored. Results The interrator reliability of snore map typing were almost perfect (κ = 0.87) and the test-retest reliability was high (r = 0.71). The snore map type was proportional to the body mass index (r = 0.63, P = 0.003) and neck circumference (r = 0.52, P = 0.018). Snore map types were unrelated to subjective snoring questionnaire scores (All P>0.05). After adjustment for body mass index and neck circumference, snore map type 3–4 was significantly associated with severity of OSAS (r = 0.52, P = 0.026). Conclusions Snore map typing of a full-night energy spectrum is feasible and reliable. The presence of a higher snore map type is a warning sign of severe OSAS and indicated priority OSAS management. Future studies are warranted to evaluate whether snore map type can be used to discriminate OSAS from primary snoring and whether it is affected by OSAS management.
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- Li-Ang Lee
- Department of Otolaryngology, Sleep Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Mechatronics, Taiouan Interdisciplinary Otolaryngology Laboratory, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Thoracic Medicine, Sleep Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Mechatronics, Taiouan Interdisciplinary Otolaryngology Laboratory, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Mechatronics, Taiouan Interdisciplinary Otolaryngology Laboratory, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Mechatronics, Taiouan Interdisciplinary Otolaryngology Laboratory, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Thoracic Medicine, Sleep Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Thoracic Medicine, Sleep Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Sleep Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Sleep Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Intra-subject variability of snoring sounds in relation to body position, sleep stage, and blood oxygen level. Med Biol Eng Comput 2012; 51:429-39. [DOI: 10.1007/s11517-012-1011-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2012] [Accepted: 11/30/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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